Astrophotography

Photos of the skies and celestial bodies. New area of interest as of late 2010

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first attempts at deep space imaging

Heart Nebula IC 1805 in hydrogen alpha.

Approximately 3 hours exposure @ 10 min subs. SBIG ST8300m with astrodon 5nm Ha filter, Takahashi Sky90 refractor with f4.5 focal reducer

other equipment: Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II, lodestar autoguider with Borg guidescope. Maxim DL for capture, processed in CCDStack

heart nebula

$A new test using refracting lenses - Nikon 800mm f5.6 with TC20E III and a Nikon D3x. Atmosphere and light pollution pretty high, as it was shot in LA area Dec 13 2010$